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He said the decision was based on medical advice that Yar’adua, who had had a kidney transplant was fit to run the country. Before Yar’adua emerged as the Presidential candidate of the Peoples ...

LAGOS, Nigeria – LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, whose election marked the country's first peaceful transition of power from one civilian to another, has died following a ...

The inauguration of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua as Nigeria's new president Tuesday marks a significant point in the nation's history — the first time since independence from Britain in 1960 that Nigeria has ...

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 5 (UPI) -- Nigeria President Umaru Yar'Adua died Wednesday after an extended illness. He was 58. The Nigerian information minister announced Yar'Adua's death Wednesday on state ...

When Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who died on Wednesday at age 58, took power in May 2007, he did not look like the most promising of leaders. The first democratic change of civilian power ...

Reporting from Johannesburg — Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua, who died Wednesday night at 58, was a leader with the giant ambition of dragging Africa’s most populous nation from a backward, corrupt ...

She died at the Katsina Teaching Hospital on Monday evening after a brief illness at 102. Funeral prayer will be conducted at the Yar’adua family house in Katsina by 1:30 pm on Tuesday, September 3, ...

16 August 1951: Born in Katsina into the aristocratic Fulani family. 1975: Married Turai Umaru Yar'Adua. 1992: Married Hauwa Umar Radda. May 1999: Elected Governer of Katsina. 2000: Katsina adopts ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Asia news every morning. The allies of Umaru Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s ailing president whose return to the country last week sparked renewed ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has recalled the selfless leadership of his predecessor, late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. In a statement posted on his verified X handle on Tuesday, ...

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